Survey of 2008 & 2012 Presidential campaign websites

OnTheIssues.org excerpts:  (click on issues for details)

Abortion     Andy Martin: Strongly opposed to abortion.     Virgil Goode: Zero funding for Planned Parenthood.     Gary Johnson: No federal funding for stem cell research.

Budget & Economy     Roseanne Barr: Federal Reserve stole our money and our future.     Virgil Goode: Balance the budget now, not in 10 years, by cutting agencies.

Civil Rights     Roseanne Barr: Laws should not restrict people on whom they can love.     Roseanne Barr: Racial profiling is not American.     Barack Obama: Same-sex couples should be allowed to marry.     Barack Obama: No federal laws should hinder state-based same-sex marriage.     Virgil Goode: No gay marriage; no gay civil unions.     Buddy Roemer: Protect sexual preference; decide gay marriage by each state.

Corporations     Rocky Anderson: End the legal concept of corporate "personhood".

Crime     Virgil Goode: Capital punishment for certain murders.     Gary Johnson: 1994: Proponent of death penalty, but willing to debate it.     Gary Johnson: Death penalty as a public policy is flawed.

Drugs     Roseanne Barr: End all Drug Wars; stop monopoly of subsidized prisons.

Education     Roseanne Barr: Forgive all student loans; they're debt slavery.     Virgil Goode: End the federal Department of Education.     Buddy Roemer: Competition & choice are antidotes to flab & irrelevance.

Energy & Oil     Andy Martin: Strongly oppose cap-and-trade.     Virgil Goode: Drill in Alaska, in continental US, and off our coasts.

Environment     Roseanne Barr: Corporations befoul our food and water supply.     Ron Paul: Eliminate the ineffective EPA.     Mitt Romney: Replace "green jobs" program with American competitiveness.

Families & Children     Michele Bachmann: Leading advocate for foster and adopted children.

Foreign Policy     Andy Martin: I understand and believe in American Exceptionalism.     Roseanne Barr: Self-determination and right of return for Palestinians.     Virgil Goode: Curtail expenditures to the United Nations.     Gary Johnson: No foreign aid spending unless it protects U.S. interests.

Free Trade     Virgil Goode: No North American Union; preserve our sovereignty.

Government Reform     Andy Martin: Operation Greylord: led to 80 corrupt judiciary convictions.     Roseanne Barr: Ballot Access in all 50 states; end Electoral College.     Virgil Goode: Term limits for US House & Senate.

Gun Control     Andy Martin: Strongly support First and Second Amendment.     Virgil Goode: Co-chair of the Second Amendment Caucus.

Health Care     Virgil Goode: End ObamaCare; support tort reform.

Homeland Security     Andy Martin: I believe in strong national defense.     Roseanne Barr: Military Industrial Complex is our shadow government.     Virgil Goode: Cut defense spending, but not veterans benefits.     Gary Johnson: Let the PATRIOT Act expire; respect habeas corpus.     Gary Johnson: Due process at Guantanamo; no torture of terrorist suspects.     Buddy Roemer: No more "oil duty" for Marines: stronger but more focused.     Buddy Roemer: Patriot Act ok after full debate and temporary modifications.

Immigration     Virgil Goode: Stop illegal aliens & terrorists on our Southern border.     Virgil Goode: End anchor babies and reduce legal immigration.     Jill Stein: Provide a legal path to citizenship for immigrant residents.     Gary Johnson: 2 year grace period for illegals to get work visas.     Gary Johnson: 1 strike & you're out for legal immigrants who violate terms.     Buddy Roemer: The border needs to be sealed, with no amnesty.

Social Security     Virgil Goode: Preserve and protect Social Security.

Tax Reform     Virgil Goode: Eliminate the Death Tax; institute modified FairTax.

Technology     Rick Santorum: Moon base is fiscal insanity.     Rick Santorum: Moon colony is fiscal insanity during debt crisis.

War & Peace     Andy Martin: Strong opponent of Iraq invasion beginning in 2002.     Virgil Goode: Come home from Afghanistan now.     Jill Stein: End the Oil Wars.     Buddy Roemer: Avoid occupying foreign lands: too expensive & too deadly.

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